Lu Jin's eyes lit up. In a muffled voice, he asked. "You speak Chinese?"
"Shh!"
Lu Jin shut his mouth.
The two children quietly listened.
There was no noise in the upper ground.
It seemed like the group of children had left.
"Uhm… I think they have left. Can you take your hand off me, please?"
The owner of the small hand hesitated.
"I promise I won't shout. I don't want to walk with no clothes." In reality, with Lu Jin's strength, he could shake off the little thief's hand on his own. But he was afraid that the little thief would get scared and ran away like earlier.
The little thief slowly took off his hand.
"Thank you for saving me. But I am still angry at you for running after stealing… What?"
As Lu Jin scolded, the little thief laid out his palm.
"Give me your shoes."
"..."
"Or else I will call out to them."
"I thought you don't want them to find us?"
